Hello all
I'm finishing up a single speed conversion on a bike I'm putting a motor on, and as I'm extemley cheap I haven't actually bought any parts for this bike, I'm running out of solutions to making my own parts. The last step is putting on the chain, but after doing some research I've found out that I need a chain tensioner. Now I refuse to spend even $5 on a chain tensioner purely out of principle, and I have made one, but it dosent fit around the cog because of where the bolt sits. ANYWAYS, after three or four prototypes I came to the stunning conclusion that if I just took out the extra links on my chain I could make it tight enough where I don't even need the tensioner. Is there some weird reason why you shouldn't take links out? Because if not then idk why anyone would buy a tensioner in the first place. I just don't want to do more damage then good and end up with a broken chain. Any answers would help thanks